Notes
Just collection of random stuff I wanted to write down.
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https://250bpm.substack.com/p/accountability-sinks?utm_source=hackernewsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_term=books Finding the right balance between rules, processes on one hand and freedom to make the decision opposing them is one of the fascinating things. I agree with the sentiment of the article that rules and processes are mostly good but man, can they backfire.
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https://vitonsky.net/blog/2025/05/17/language-detection/ tldr: use Accept-Language
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Coffee shops should have bottled
I think that all coffee shops should have bottled water. Not because I would not be ok with tap water but because I often want to drink something without caffeine or sugar. Or just order something after 3 cups of coffee and cola to not sit in the coffee shop without ordering something for hours. -
Is it a FP?
I was reading through a data model chapter of fluent python and realized that the usage of double underscore functions is a concept that i know from functional programming. It is generally better have a few data types and then functions operating on them than the other way around.